Best CMS for .NET Developers
January 04, 2025

Best CMS for .NET Developers

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Umbraco CMS

We used Umbraco CMS for a customer who wanted to move from WordPress to Umbraco. We used Umbraco to migrate existing blogs, also built modules to create product marketing pages. We also leveraged Umbraco's multilingual capabilities to create localized versions of the website for customer's European and Asian markets.

Pros

  • Custom page management with document types and templates
  • Excellent razor support for scripting
  • Multilingual support
  • Easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
  • Fast page load times and efficient in-built caching
  • Role-based access control

Cons

  • Umbraco hosting on AWS cloud and containers
  • Official support with Amazon S3 for media management
  • Quality (dive deep) tutorials on YouTube
  • Cost Savings - average 30-40% reduction in licensing costs compared to enterprise CMS solutions
  • Operational Efficiency - Average page load times improved
  • Initial learning curve is higher than other CMS, but as long a you're a .NET dev, the learning is worth
Umbraco CMS effectively addresses enterprise content management needs. It's quite mature .NET based CMS, standing out as a leader among its competitors. Websites built with Umbraco are blazing fast. Extensive customization capabilities, and user-friendly content publishing interface makes it an ideal choice for businesses looking for a mature CMS solution.
We preferred Umbraco because it is built with .NET, and most of our team members have proficiency in .NET. Umbraco is open-source so it was free, we could deploy it anywhere - on-premise or cloud. Umbraco had all features which we needed - SEO support, multi-lingual support, WYSWYG editor, etc.

Do you think Umbraco CMS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Umbraco CMS's feature set?

Yes

Did Umbraco CMS live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Umbraco CMS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Umbraco CMS again?

Yes

Umbraco CMS is best suited for developing content-rich websites that require dynamic pages with extensive customization options. It's even great for .NET developers who want to use their existing expertise rather than learning WordPress or other CMS platforms.

Would not recommend Umbraco for small business websites with simple content needs where the complexity of Umbraco might be overkill.

Umbraco CMS Feature Ratings

8.0
WYSIWYG editor
10
Code quality / cleanliness
10
Admin section
7
Page templates
8
Library of website themes
6
Mobile optimization / responsive design
6
Publishing workflow
10
Form generator
7
7.2
Content taxonomy
6
SEO support
10
Bulk management
7
Availability / breadth of extensions
7
Community / comment management
6
8.5
API
8
Internationalization / multi-language
9
9.0
Role-based user permissions
9
CMS programming language or framework ()
Not Rated

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